Six Years in the Making

It's been two and a half years this time, BUT, I've finally learned the tarot!  How?  In clearing out my email inbox (I had 6800 unread messages.) I found an old course for which I had all the emails and had never read them!  They were the Daily Pagan's 100 Days of Tarot, and they worked!

I used a standard Rider deck, and my method was this:  I read one a day, starting with The Fool.  On the second day, I went over The Fool and then worked on the second lesson, The Magician.  On the third day I went over both of those, then moved to the new lesson, and so forth.  By the end, I'd gone over The Fool seventy-eight times!  A bit tedious at times, but as I said above, it worked!

I really liked the deck, too.  The Rider was easy to understand and easy to remember.  The cards are straightforward and just different enough.

Hopefully this means I can start posting more often!  I certainly mean to do so!

Thank you all for your patience!

New Approach

Alright, so my attempt to go back to tarot did not work.  My last post was over a year and a half ago and, other than one unfinished New Year's reading, I have not touched the cards since.  This doesn't mean I don't still want to learn them, though.  I think I just need to try something else.

Toward that end, I decided to try a different kind of cards.  Not really tarot, but they serve much the same purpose.  I suppose they're generally known as oracle decks, but this one calls itself a symbol card set.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Continuum-THK-25-Insight-Story-Cards/dp/B004P8IWOO


I was in a book store and saw these, but I decided I had enough card sets and didn't need another one, so I didn't even pick them up.  But I couldn't stop thinking about them, and when I went to empty my basket with my final purchases, I panicked because I didn't have them.  I rushed back to them and felt calm only after they were in my hands.

I used the cards as soon as I got a chance, and I immediately and easily fell through layer upon layer of understanding about myself as soon as I drew one.  It was so easy it was like child's play.  And I was happy, because this is why I wanted oracle cards--I felt they would help me connect with myself more, and therefore make tarot decks easier to use.

Here's hoping it works.

A Controversial Start

I'm beginning my journey with a book that seems to give reviewers fits!  The book is "Easy Tarot Handbook," by Josephine Ellershaw.  It is one of the companion books to "The Gilded Tarot", with which I will also begin.

I received the kit containing both as a birthday present from my DH, and in glancing through it I liked its slightly different approach to learning.  Most reviews I've read say the tone of the book is too dictatorial.  I usually dislike anything claiming to be "the one true way," but I've tried other methods and they haven't worked for me, so I'm willing to give it a try.  The cards themselves are absolutely gorgeous, and appeal to my love of shiny things.  :)

I can't wait to get started!